By Erin France
Athens Banner-Herald
September 13, 2010
Unfunded state mandates - always a headache for local politicians and county finance directors - continue to chip away at county budgets at a time when governments really are feeling the recession squeeze.
Oglethorpe County, along with every other Georgia county, must send out property assessments to every property owner next year, said Oglethorpe County Commission Chairman Billy Pittard.
In the past, the county only sent out assessments on those properties with changed values, but the state mandate for all properties will cost Oglethorpe County an additional $9,000 next year, Pittard said.
"They say you have to pay for it, and then they don't help you," he said.
The heads of most local government-funded agencies and departments know the county has to do more with less, Pittard said.
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